Chapter 2789

Under the guidance of the dock staff, the huge cargo fleet filed into the berth and immediately occupied the coast of Lisi. It is probably rare for a fleet of this size to visit Qingdao Port, which attracted a lot of attention for a while.

Many people came to watch, and most of them were laborers who came to work after hearing the news.

After the cargo ship docked, the stewards on the ship immediately disembarked and contacted the dock to discuss cargo loading and unloading and supply supplies. According to the sailing plan, the fleet will only stay here for one day and will leave at this time tomorrow, so it is necessary to seize the time to complete the task.

Several inns near the pier also immediately experienced a peak occupancy. There were hundreds of passengers in the fleet destined for Qingdao Port, including public servants who came to perform their duties and some who came here to do business.

As a businessman, the first thing after getting off the ship is naturally to find a temporary place to stay.

There are also some local Shandong people returning to their hometown from the south. After disembarking at Qingdao Port, they transfer to small boats and go to inland Jimo, Laixi and other places via Dagu River, Mok River and other inland waterways.

Naturally, Baikes and his party did not need to consider the issue of food and accommodation. Immediately after docking at the port, several local officials took the initiative to board the ship to greet them.

The official in charge of Qingdao Port is named Jiang Jianzhang. He is over forty years old. His manner, conversation, and dress all look like standard Haihan officials. They are completely different from the local officials who were naturalized from the Ming Dynasty that he had seen in Hangzhou before. Bai Le

Tong and Ning Zijing agreed that he should be an official sent from the south.

But Bai Kesi seemed to know the details of Jiang Jianzhang very well, and even asked him about his family situation during the greetings, which was rare when meeting local officials.

Jiang Jianzhang did not seem overjoyed because of this, and responded calmly: "Xiaguan went back to Dengzhou to visit relatives at the end of last year. Everything is well at home, and I appreciate your concern. If you are going to Fushan County next, please be sure to pay more attention.

Stay here for a few days so that my family can be treated like landlords."

Bai Letong and Ning Zijing looked at each other and realized that this person had a special relationship with Bai Kesi. But when it comes to the famous people in Fushan County, Dengzhou, the only ones who are married to Chen Yixin are the Ma family.

What they expected was good. Although Jiang Jianzhang was not named Ma, he had a close relationship with the Ma family. Jiang Jianzhang's father, Jiang Sheng, was the brother-in-law of Chen Yixin's father-in-law, Ma Dongqiang, and Ma Yuling's biological uncle. When Chen Yixin and Ma Yuling got married, Jiang

Sheng is also one of the promoters.

Later, because of recruiting this son-in-law, the Ma family prospered rapidly and became the leading local power in Dengzhou. As Ma Yuling's cousin, Jiang Jianzhang naturally got the opportunity to become an official in Haihan.

But being responsible for the management of a large project like Qingdao Port is not a position that can be secured just by relying on connections. In his early years, Jiang Jianzhang was sent to Sanya by Chen Yixin to study abroad for three years. With his status and background, coupled with Chen Yixin's recommendation

, was selected as a reserve magistrate in the colonial area for training, and learned a lot of real skills in three years.

After graduating from school, Jiang Jianzhang also worked in Danzhou, Hainan, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, and other places, until he was transferred back to Shandong more than ten years ago. With his ability and qualifications, he was naturally highly valued by Chen Yixin after returning to Shandong, so he took up the post.

The official in charge of Qingdao Port.

During his training in Sanya at that time, Bai Kesi also gave Jiang Jianzhang several lessons. Strictly speaking, the two of them had a master-disciple relationship. The appointment letter to be transferred to the official in charge of Qingdao Port was issued by the Executive Committee. At that time, in this appointment

The person who signed the book happened to be Bai Kesi, and the two of them were quite related.

After the two exchanged pleasantries, Jiang Jianzhang introduced to Bai Kesi several other local officials who had come with him. It was probably the first time for these officials to meet senior officials from Haihan other than Chen Yixin, and their performance was not as relaxed as Jiang Jianzhang's. All of them were...

He was afraid of being rude in front of Bai Kesi.

Jiang Jianzhang had already prepared an evening banquet for Bai Kesi and others at his official residence. However, it was still early, so Jiang Jianzhang proposed to get off the ship and go to the dock to inspect the construction status of Qingdao Port.

The inspection of Qingdao Port was part of this trip, and Bai Kesi naturally agreed happily. After everyone got off the ship, they found that Jiang Jianzhang had prepared an open carriage in advance, and he was very thoughtful.

Bai Kesi and his two juniors rode in a carriage with Jiang Jianzhang, accompanied by armed cavalry escorts at the front and rear. They marched slowly in the dock area, watching and listening to Jiang Jianzhang's introduction.

Bai Letong had already had questions, so he took this opportunity to raise them: "Mr. Jiang, I heard that the construction of Qingdao Port only started last year, but looking at the progress of the port construction, it doesn't look like the amount of work can be completed in a few months.

! Could it be that Qingdao Port has some secret, or that it has invested a huge amount of manpower?"

Jiang Jianzhang explained: “The official announcement of the start of construction of Qingdao Port was in the second half of last year, but in the two years before that, the land boundary had been demarcated in advance, and the local government organized civilians to move in, complete the foundation leveling, and build new roads.

These are the preliminary works, so the progress seems to be pretty good so far.”

Jiang Jianzhang pointed to the warehouse buildings that were rising next to the road and said: "For warehouse buildings like this, the land is owned by the government, but the projects are all subcontracted, and some powerful businessmen follow the unified plans provided by the government.

Planned construction. After completion, they will own half of the property rights and can either use it for themselves or rent it out. In this way, more funds will be invested in the construction of the port area at the same time, and the progress will be faster than the construction organized by the government."

The development process of Qingdao Port also has obvious Haihan characteristics. Private funds are introduced to speed up the construction, and the settlement of these capitals will further promote local commercial development. This has been tried and tested in the past port development. Qingdao Port

Naturally, this plan was followed.

Ning Zijing asked: "I have a question, Mr. Jiang, whether more private funds invested in the development of Qingdao Port come from the local area or from the south?"

Jiang Jianzhang said: "In the early years of Shandong, there were constant natural and man-made disasters, and only the situation in Dengzhou was slightly better. The two states of Denglai and Haihan had earlier contact with Haihan, and the trust of the people was higher. Therefore, local funds in Shandong

Most of them come from the Jiaodong Peninsula, but the total volume is indeed not as good as those from the south."

Jiang Jianzhang's statement is actually very conservative. In fact, almost all investors in Shandong are concentrated in Dengzhou, especially the gentry group centered on the Ma family. Although this group also has a rich family background, compared with those operating in the south,

Larger business giants are indeed a bit unsatisfactory.

If Chen Yixin had not set a certain proportion of private capital investment in Qingdao Port out of consideration for protecting the development of local businesses, then perhaps the outsourcing projects here would have been rounded out by southern businesses.
Chapter completed!